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- Kathleen Parker: Assimilation requires learning English - Pasadena Star-News
Juan y Baracko have been busy lately wooing los que hablan espa ol. That is, people who speak Spanish. With an estimated 9.2 million Hispanic votes in play this November, the stakes are high. And the pandering is in high gear. Both men have put out ...
- Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison - Times Daily
Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reacts in court in this 2006 file photo in Baghdad, Iraq. Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his ...
- Cover Story - Artvoice
Cover StoryArtvoice, NY - 4 hours agoThis “definition” was actually the title of a book of his poetry published in 1969, following the first of two brief tenures as visiting professor at the ...
- Vigil bears witness for Darfur genocide victims (The Hub)
RED BANK - They came out in the stormy weather, wrapped up in hoodies and raincoats, wielding umbrellas and carrying pamphlets on genocide awareness. They came out for a single purpose: to "Save Darfur." "It's better to light one little candle than to stumble in the dark.
- Robert Redford Brings Green Poetry Slam to Sundance - Ecorazzi
Robert Redford Brings Green Poetry Slam to SundanceEcorazzi, NY - 8 hours agoArt is the medium he’d like to see them express their priorities for the environment, and a poetry slam with a theme of global warming is just the ticket. ...
- Wedding bells and marriage hell - Guardian Unlimited
· We went to a country wedding last weekend. The sun was bright and hot but there was a crisp breeze to cut through it. The village - all thatch and stone cottages and pretty terraces - curled round the hillside, so there was a different view round ...
- Duo draws crowd (East Tennessean)
The Acoustic Coffeehouse is booking performances by Brad and Jack, a new musical duo. Their mellow acoustic sound has accumulated a following on Tuesday nights around 10 p.m. Jackson Shellnutt, a sophomore psychology major, riffs on his Gibson Les Paul aside Brad Blackwell the lyricist, singer and guitar player.
- Woodbridge woman writes poetry celebrating Bible - Lodi News-Sentinel
Sandy Holtz grew up with no background in poetry. Her parents never wrote poems. None of her friends did, either. She never had an English teacher who influenced her, and she hadn't read poetry to any extent. But when she turned 19, Holtz started ...
- Michael Schmidt: I'll sing for you, Gordon (Guardian Unlimited)
Michael Schmidt: He may not be as twinkly as Blair, but in his first year Brown has shown courageous leadership
- Shakespeare, down to earth (The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte might still be a suit-and-tie town, but when it comes to Shakespeare, we're strictly casual. “It's more like a day in the park than a night at the theater,” says actor Joe Copley of the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival, which opens next week with “Romeo and Juliet” on The Green. Picnics are encouraged on uptown's most charming patch of grass. Even well-behaved pets are welcome. But ...
- Festivities to mark Israel's 60th birthday (The Post and Courier)
The celebration begins. Today, Israel turns 60. The 1948 War of Independence and subsequent United Nations recognition established Israel as an autonomous modern Jewish state, and the first Jewish nation in two millennia. That independence came at no small price for Jews and Palesti...
- Shorts in the North - Cherwell Online
Cherwell OnlineShorts in the NorthCherwell Online, UK - 5 hours agoBeing born in Eastern Europe and studying in a school named after Pushkin, the giant of Russian poetry, meant that it was time to experience the gaudy mix ...
- Michael Ondaatje bio - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Michael Ondaatje bioMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours agoSelected titles/awards: "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" (1970, Governor General's Award); "Running in the Family" (1982); "In the Skin of a Lion" ...
- Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown - Wired
What's left of a dream is stored at the Stanford Law School library in 12 fat green loose-leaf binders and several legal boxes of supporting documents and briefs. They chronicle the 54 days that Lawrence Lessig, the Elvis of cyberlaw, helped Judge ...
- Living in fear (Guardian Unlimited)
This playful and knowing first collection is fuelled throughout by a strong sense of lyricism. Take the piece "Before a Make-up Bag", a mock-hymn to the creators of cosmetics: "Praise him for the angel face / and second chance of it / the would you care to dance of it."
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